US-based technical and management service provider AECOM Technology Corporation has secured two consultancy contracts with a combined worth of $116m for the Tseung Kwan O to Lam Tin (TKO-LT) Tunnel project in Hong Kong.

The two contracts comprise a $13m design consultation agreement and a $103m agreement for the construction supervision of the tunnel project.

AECOM chairman and CEO John Dionisio said: "Since 2009, we have been involved in the planning of this project, providing preliminary design and other services. We are very proud to be able to contribute to the project’s next phase."

"We are very proud to be able to contribute to the project’s next phase."

The tunnel includes a 2.6-mile, two-lane highway connecting Tseung Kwan O (TKO) at Po Shun Road in the east with the proposed Trunk Road T2 in Kai Tak Development in the west.

The TKO-LT Tunnel is part of Route 6 along with the Central Kowloon Route and Trunk Road T2, and forms an east-west express link between the West Kowloon and TKO areas.

With the completion of Route 6, the travel time between West Kowloon and TKO is expected to scale down to 12 minutes from current 30 minutes.

In September last year, AECOM secured an electrical, mechanical and architectural consultancy contract for proposed North-South Expressway worth about $15m in Singapore.